Yo Ho Yo Ho

[summing_it_up]

Wait– hold on. You're serious.

You're gonna make me a pirate?

[He stares off-screen for all of four seconds, rolling his eyes as he leans back, hands flying up to meet his face, legs stumbling a bit to keep his balance. A heavy sigh is heard, partially filtered through the thin spaces between his fingers.]

Yeah, I get the reference.

But you know, if you're going through with this, you could've set things up sooner. [Arms wave out to either side of him in slight exasperation.] Or maybe at least edit something! What are you even doing right now?

...Typing.

[]

Yeah. Sure. You got tabs open, but I don't see your fingers moving.

[HOw dare, Hiccup, HOW DARE]

Comments

[snehjerte]

At least being a pirate's bound to be exciting! Better than, I don't know, school or something like that. I think.

[summing_it_up]

Like I don't get enough excitement around Vikings and dragons?

[snehjerte]

...Oh. Right.

Well, now you get Vikings, dragons, AND pirates!

[summing_it_up]

...

I don't think you're seeing the actual issue with everything that's being provided.

[snehjerte]

Well, you are complaining about having a significantly more exciting life than most people get, so no, I guess I'm not.

[summing_it_up]

That's because I live with that kind of excitement on a daily basis!

Look, I'm– I'm sorry. Being a Viking is an occupational hazard, so I guess I can't really do anything about that.

[magic101]

[Hey there Hiccup. Don't mind her. She's just going to give you an evaluating glance.]

[magic101]

...how good is your swimming?

[summing_it_up]

Wha– hey.

I can swim. It would be dumb if I didn't know how to float.

[magic101]

Good.

[She closes her book with a dull smack, covering her face as she does so. And then begins to lower it, a cheeky grin appearing on her face.]

Are you always so serious?

[summing_it_up]

[What is that look for]

I'm not that serious.

[magic101]

Either you're serious or I need to work on my jokes.

[2cool4guardian]

Aren't you being trained to be a pirate in your books? Gotta embrace your roots!

[Current status: way too amused.]

[summing_it_up]

[Jaaaaack]

Yeah, but do I have to? Obviously you and the mun find this fact way too amusing.

[2cool4guardian]

[At your trolling service!]

Hard not to when you react like this. Come on, pirates mean adventures. That's pretty cool! What should your mun get you instead? An horror game? Shipping? A musical? I can be here all day.

[Moral of the story: it can always be worse.]

[summing_it_up]

[Dangit, he's right. Lanky arms flail up, dropping down unceremoniously.]

Well, when you say it that way! [Change of pace. He shrugs.] Especially when you include the 'musical' genre. So it doesn't sound too bad.

[2cool4guardian]

[This is getting more amusing by the second. Jack arches an eyebrow.]

Of all the things I mentioned, you concentrate on musicals? THAT's the dangerous one of the list? [He chuckles.] Tuffnut got to sing in the series. Who knows, maybe you're next.

[summing_it_up]

Can I blame the mun? She's actively distracting me.

[But him? Singing?] Yyyyeah, I'll pass.

[frostythesnowpheasant]

Yet another young soul lost to the pirate lifes allure...

[S'up Hiccup, there's suddenly some dude here who is holy shit seriously over nine feet tall. Just. Leaning against a wall here. As you do.]

[summing_it_up]

[What WHOA.

Holy dang, man. Hiccup feels so dwarfed. Even moreso now. He's just going to. Keep staring for a bit.]

Uh.

Looks that way?

[frostythesnowpheasant]

[This strange giant and his hobo jacket/toque combo is just going to shrug their shoulders, and slide down to sit with their backs against the wall. He does this in the hope that lessening the height gap will make him seem less intimidating. He may very well be wrong.]

Maaah... can't say I don't get the appeal. And it's not like every world is as dangerous as mine. You might do fine, out at sea.

[summing_it_up]

[Awkward. Awkward is the word for this. The mun thinks it's oddly cute. It barely helps, but Hiccup gets use to it fairly quickly.]

Well, I practically live on an island. In the middle of nowhere. I'm guessing you guys don't have dragons flying around?

[frostythesnowpheasant]

[He raises an eyebrow at the "dragon" part, wracking his brain for what the stories told...]

I'm familiar with islands, less so with dragons. Some warrior slew the last one long ago. Save for the occasional man-made imitation, there are no genuine dragons left.

[english_dignity]

Pirating's a fine calling, lad. You shouldn't complain.

[summing_it_up]

I-I'm sure it is, but I dunno how it's all going down. That's the main part I'm worried about!